1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
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Summary
With over 1。75 million copies sold worldwide， this book is a must-have for all movie lovers， from casual movie-goers to film connoisseurs。 This brand-new edition of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die covers more than a century of movie history。 Selected and authored by a team of international film critics， every profile is packed with details， plot summaries and production notes， and little-known facts relating to the film's history。 Each entry offers a fresh look at some the greatest films of all time。
Learn the complete history of filmmaking， from silent-era sensations such as D。 W。 Griffith's controversial The Birth of a Nation to recent Oscar winners。 Discover little-known facts about Hollywood's most memorable musicals， greatest dramas， noteworthy documentaries， screwball comedies， classic westerns， action and adventure films， and more。 Movie lovers of all stripes will thoroughly enjoy this must-have compilation。
Learn the complete history of filmmaking， from silent-era sensations such as D。 W。 Griffith's controversial The Birth of a Nation to recent Oscar winners。 Discover little-known facts about Hollywood's most memorable musicals， greatest dramas， noteworthy documentaries， screwball comedies， classic westerns， action and adventure films， and more。 Movie lovers of all stripes will thoroughly enjoy this must-have compilation。
Reviews
Mademoiselle
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Generell ist es eine gute Lektüre um Filme und Filmgeschichte besser ein Reihe folge und historischen Kontext zu bringen。 Man erkennt deutlich Muster : wie und wann hat sich der zweite Weltkrieg oder Vietnam auf Filme ausgewirkt？ Welche technischen Neuerungen oder gesellschaftlichen Strömungen haben Einfluss？ Manchmal macht das Buch extrem Lust aufs Filme schauen。 Manchmal ist es öde zu lesen。 Wofür ich wenig Verständnis habe sind die Spoiler。
Suyog Garg
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Found it to be an aplomb collection of some of the best Films ever made， although the mammoth book has not been able to find a place for an entry on Interstellar。See https://www。imdb。com/list/ls024863935。。。 Found it to be an aplomb collection of some of the best Films ever made， although the mammoth book has not been able to find a place for an entry on Interstellar。See https://www。imdb。com/list/ls024863935。。。 。。。more
Stuart Bannerman
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I buy this book each year， and each year I try to see how many of the 1001 films ive seen and how many I will watch before the new edition comes out。 Theres a lovely tick box section at the start to keep up to date， and I think at the moment ive seen around 400 something of the films in the current edition。 This book makes for a great gift！！
Andrew
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A book you are likely to read from cover to cover only over the decades （after 10 years， I still haven't）， the selection and write-ups are as variable as you would expect to find in a collection chosen to span the decades， genres， movements and directorial styles represented here。 There are films here from Denmark， Sweden， Poland， Ukraine， Czechoslovakia， Hungary， Yugoslavia， Greece， Turkey， Holland， Belgium， Spain， Cuba， Portugal， Brazil， Argentina， Mexico， South Korea， Iran， Mali， Senegal， Phi A book you are likely to read from cover to cover only over the decades （after 10 years， I still haven't）， the selection and write-ups are as variable as you would expect to find in a collection chosen to span the decades， genres， movements and directorial styles represented here。 There are films here from Denmark， Sweden， Poland， Ukraine， Czechoslovakia， Hungary， Yugoslavia， Greece， Turkey， Holland， Belgium， Spain， Cuba， Portugal， Brazil， Argentina， Mexico， South Korea， Iran， Mali， Senegal， Philippines， New Zealand， many from Hong Kong， Taiwan and China， several from Australia and Russia， India and Japan， many from Italy and France， a clutch from Germany and Britain， but the host is from the U。S。， whose studio system from the Thirties spawned thousands upon thousandsThere are a number of films directed by women， 2008's The Hurt Locker （Kathryn Bigelow） and Penny Marshall's Big （1988） being the most prominent among the fifteen or so featured here， the most prominent script being Nora Ephron's for When Harry Met Sally （Rob Reiner， 1989）， and I noticed that there are notably many women editors scattered throughout the decades， genres and countries。 Woody Allen， for example， used two steady female editors over the decades， Susan E。 Morse in the front half， and Alisa Lepselter in the latter half。'Some films are held in high esteem for their impressive artistic breakthroughs or stunning acting debuts。 Others are revered simply for being the best of a kind。' - Joshua Klein， p。268 （on Singin' In The Rain， 1952）。Some write-ups， and so some films you might choose to see which otherwise would not have come across your radar through the public outlets （cinema， Film4， Amazon Prime， Netflix， and a handful of independent film channels like the Horror channel， Sony Movies， Paramount Network and the oft-repeats of ITV4）， you read because you know you will never watch the film （Los Olvidados， Buñuel， 1950， a superb critique by Martin Rubin， p。256） because you couldn't subject yourself to so much destitution， and some you watch because the review （Requiem For A Dream， Aronofsky， 2000， Mikel J。 Coven， p。891） seems to provide some relief from the destitution， such as the 'uniformly magnificent' acting - but is nonetheless a bleak viewing experience。Some reviews， such as Jonathan Rosenbaum's of Antonioni's La Notte （1961）， actually persuade you to watch the successor of one which a previous review had convinced you to watch and which you found little worthwhile （L'Avventura， 1960） - and that's quite an admission， proving that these critics are not only partisan towards the films they love and have selected， but also provide some meaningful critiques which can persuade you to suspend all prejudice and give a film highly acclaimed by others the chance it deserves。 This certainly applies to those films which require critical acclaim to bring it your attention， unless you come across it in a film or other cultural module of study。 That's one reason why this book is worth reading， rather than just dipping into。 There are lots of films we will see， and in some way appreciate， even if we don't 'like' them， that otherwise we would never have bothered with。Some curios amaze， such as Chelovek S Kinoapparatom （1929， Dziga Vertov， p。72）， which is a fascinating early silent film documenting a day in the life of a Russian city （mainly Moscow）， from the early morning wake-up to the late-night cinema。 Some are curios which appal， such as that 'eye' scene in Un Chien Andalou （1928， p。68）， Buñuel's directorial debut and Surrealist montage co-written with Salvador Dalí。 I defy anyone not to turn away or off。Some you choose to watch simply because they feel great， like Meet Me In St。 Louis （Vincente Minnelli， 1944， pp。192-3 [wrongly indexed]）， and some you watch because their acclaim is so great， such as It's A Wonderful Life （Frank Capra， 1946， pp。222-3）， which IS probably one the greatest feel-good films ever - to use IMDb-user gushing parlance。 Some are so highly acclaimed and greatly disappoint， such as the restored Powell-Pressburger The Red Shoes （1948， pp。236-7）， which Kim Newman describes as a 'luminous masterpiece'， and which I have tried to watch three times over ten years， only just finally achieving the full picture， which bored me again in spates， and made me laugh where I shouldn't in others。 （Perhaps it's a 'girls' film'？）。Some domestic dramas are equally lauded but for some indefinable reason （which ultimately you do define） do not impress equally。 Take Dodsworth （William Wyler， 1936， p。130， Rahul Hamid） and Stella Dallas （King Vidor， 1937， p。135， R。 Barton Palmer）， for example， two films I had never heard of until here。 Both seem from their write-ups similar surveys exploring the break-up of marriages， of voyages of self-discovery for the women， and so on。 Yet Dodsworth is an intelligent， adult tragicomedy， while Stella Dallas is a sentimental， cloying， even prim tear-jerker - despite the reviewer's declaration to the opposite， in a write-up that is largely description rather than also part critique， as they should all be。 It seems we were led down the garden path with that one。 But you must see them to decide for yourself。 That's what's interesting， that promise。。。。Of the 1005 films in this book （2 of them appear in two parts as two separate films， Olympia， 1938， p。141， and Ivan Groznyj， Sergei Eisentsein， 1944 and 1958， p。197 - both with the paw-marks of dictatorship propaganda on them; and the three Lord of the Rings films）， I've seen about a third。 If I pressed hard over the next ten years， I may see another third， but I will never see all of them， precisely because there will be some that I choose not to see， because of subject matter， genre or write-up （and some that can only be obtained through expensive blu-rays， the expense of which， is it worth it？， prevents you from buying until the list is nearly exhausted， which it will never be）， and there will be some which I will watch again， for various reasons。 One of those reasons is to give a film which has achieved such acclaim and which I had thought little of a decent second chance， and try to 'see it'。Many of these films needed a revisit in the light of their selection in 1001。 Some are hard work （12 Angry Men， Sidney Lumet， 1957， p。331， Angela Errigo， and Der Blaue Engel， Josef von Sternberg [with Marlene Dietrich]， 1930， pp。76-7， Adrian Martin）， the former rewarding of a revisit， the latter not。 Some are greater joys now than at the time of release， and were well worth a revisit， such as Crouching Tiger， Hidden Dragon （Ang Lee， 2000， pp。894-5， Joshua Klein）， where I found myself mesmerised by then newcomer Ziyi Zhang， who stole the film from Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh。 And another Ang Lee film， Brokeback Mountain （2005， pp。910-11， Wheeler Dixon）， which I cried at， at the cinema， when it first came out， I watch every 5 years or so， so as not to over-watch and so spoil it。 Yet another Ang Lee film， The Ice Storm （1997）， is luminous。 I'm surprised that Cold Mountain （Anthony Minghella， 2003） isn't in here。 And some that are， like The Crying Game （Neil Jordan， 1992， p。818， Ernest Hardy） leave me cold， and I would rather switch。Some films were torments of a kind of helpless captivity， such as Bergman's Det Sjunde Inseglet （1957， pp。332-3， Kim Newman）， and some joys of experience， like An Affair To Remember of the same year （Leo McCarey， p。334， Angela Errigo）。 Some were remakes， and where the original did not wow， the new version did， such as the Coen Brothers' 2010 version of True Grit （p。943， Simon Ward）， the last entry in this 2011 edition。 Hallee Steinfeld was as good as the great knowns， Bridges， Damon， Brolin and Pepper， such superb casting， such great heights of drama， tension， true grit。 It made the Henry Hathaway （who？） original of 1969 with John Wayne as 'Rooster' Cogburn look sluggish and cumbersome， over-weighty， torpid。 turbid， turgid， all at once （yes， I always need a dictionary with those three words; but you get the point）。Of course， you could talk about the comparisons like this for as long as it takes to read the book， which is one of the reasons you want to read it， to discuss all this with folk who have opted for their selections and try or succeed to justify them。 Despite that poor experience of my first Bergman film， The Seventh Seal， I still intend to look at many of his others （like Persona [1966] and Cries And Whispers [1972]， which I've seen two or three times）， and am greatly disappointed that my favourite （so far）， Sarabande （2003）， his last， is not in this book。 That is a stunning blow， it is such a powerful film。But the lists change annually， as they have from this book's inception （see cover） in 2007。 The process of selecting what to watch， and the various reasons why， is ongoing and interminable。 To say you have read this book from cover to cover is really only the start of a lifetime's endeavour， and if I got hold of the latest （2020） edition， I would probably only be looking at about a third of those in this selection， at a guess， and would undertake another great process of elimination， discovery and disappointment。 It's the process。 If I pushed myself really hard every day， I could probably finish this book within 3 weeks - but that would be a chore， though often a rewarding one。This book's meant for cherry-picking as well as a straight read， and the process is the enjoyment， of saying， 'I think I'll watch Groundhog Day （Harold Ramis， 1993， p。819， Joanna Berry） again （What， again？ Yes， again？）。 Or Big （Penny Marshall， 1988， p。761， Berry again） or The Big Chill （Lawrence Kasdan， 1983， p。691， Berry again） or The Big Sleep （Howard Hawks， 1946， p。216， Joshua Klein） again， all wonderful films'。 Or I'll watch L'Avventura （Michaelangelo Antonioni， 1960， pp。376-7， Kim Newman）， I've never seen that （have now， but costly blu-ray）， or Visconti's Ossessione （1943， p。191， Richard Peña）， never seen that （still haven't， another costly blu-ray）。But because of （re-）reading this book on and off， in great spates of intensity， over the past 10 years， and recently very intensely， I go to the library shelf， pick up a couple of DVDs， and watch two or three films a day， my treat this past month for finishing my literature degree。 When you're all read out， browsing this 1001 Movies You MUST See Before You Die is an inexpensive little holiday （if you ignore those expensive blu-rays of esoteric cinema）。 You'll probably find 50 free with film-service subscriptions （like Prime）， and of those， 30 you haven't ever heard of， let alone seen。 Check out the 1001 lists on IMDb， with filters for such 'freebees'， and the facility to download a CSV of the list for you to play with。 I've had a good month with this book， and will have more good months over the years。 I only wish they'd started earlier in my life。 Catching up now， though。。。。I may not have read all of the reviews in this book， but I have read something about every film， taking in the country of origin， director and other technical staff， cast and Oscars。 I may have read perhaps 20% of the reviews， at best。 Of those， Kim Newman's review of Kiss Me Deadly （1955， p。313） is one of the best of those， as trashy-stylish as the film she's critiquing， utterly outrageous （as both journalism and a way not to speak） and one of the best in it。 What I have done is make a very comprehensive list of what I want to watch， and have been working my way through them over the past months。 It's been hit and miss， but you don't know till you choose one， put it on， and sit back。。。'And then， you sit in the dark， the screen lights up， the movie begins。 It's simple。 It's obvious。 Elegant， deeply moving， incredibly alive。' - Jean Michel Frodon （on Europa '51， Roberto Rossellini）。 。。。more
Matthew
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Sort of a cross between a box ticking exercise and obsessive list building but then I do love a list。 Each entry in this does get a really nice and interesting write-up although you would be unlikely to use this as a reference book as it's organised chronologically。 I read it cover to cover as a dip in and out book over a couple of years and as a result it's added lots of interesting films to my 'to watch' list， some of which I'd already seen and was remembered of again and others that I'd never Sort of a cross between a box ticking exercise and obsessive list building but then I do love a list。 Each entry in this does get a really nice and interesting write-up although you would be unlikely to use this as a reference book as it's organised chronologically。 I read it cover to cover as a dip in and out book over a couple of years and as a result it's added lots of interesting films to my 'to watch' list， some of which I'd already seen and was remembered of again and others that I'd never even come across。 A really worthwhile addition to the Film nerds bookshelf。 。。。more
Sam
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Been looking for something that would help me get into older movies and this is pretty comprehensive。 Sometimes a bit too verbose and without regard to spoilers （annoying） this provides a diverse set of recommendations for any cinephile。
Greg
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Are there no movies after we die？ One must ask as I AM CURIOUS （BLUE）**Not here。 Nor is I AM CURIOUS （YELLOW）。 No DEEP THROAT？ （Most famous porn film ever！） Or VANISHING POINT？ （First American existentialist film！） Or BARBARELLA？ Or VICTOR VICTORIA and MARY POPPINS？ （Someone doesn't like Julie Andrews？ Who？ I'm gonna write a strong letter！） Are there no movies after we die？ One must ask as I AM CURIOUS （BLUE）**Not here。 Nor is I AM CURIOUS （YELLOW）。 No DEEP THROAT？ （Most famous porn film ever！） Or VANISHING POINT？ （First American existentialist film！） Or BARBARELLA？ Or VICTOR VICTORIA and MARY POPPINS？ （Someone doesn't like Julie Andrews？ Who？ I'm gonna write a strong letter！） 。。。more
Laurent Reinhardt
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Read this after learning about the list on social media from a friend。 I've been working through the movies as a long-term project and recently reached 100。 All lists are arbitrary， but it has been good to re-watch some classics while seeing many more for the first time。 The selection is diverse and it's fun figuring out how to locate the movies via streaming services， online resources and the local library。 Far more highlights than lowlights so far。 Read this after learning about the list on social media from a friend。 I've been working through the movies as a long-term project and recently reached 100。 All lists are arbitrary， but it has been good to re-watch some classics while seeing many more for the first time。 The selection is diverse and it's fun figuring out how to locate the movies via streaming services， online resources and the local library。 Far more highlights than lowlights so far。 。。。more
Barney
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I like movies， what can I say？
Patricia Atkinson
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there were alot of movies in the book i never heard of but they have alot of information on them。。。
Mr Shahabi
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This has been a fun Texans， but I see a lot of movies that didn’t make the list though。。
Liam
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Great selection across 100+ years of cinema。 It's a great book to pick up when you don't know what to watch （better than endless scrolling） 。 I'd recommend going through it from front to back， really do watch all of them。 Mark them off with colour pencil， note what year you last watched it。 Come back every decade with the latest edition， watch them all again。 It loses one star for being slightly American/Englush centric， with over half coming from the USA。 Great selection across 100+ years of cinema。 It's a great book to pick up when you don't know what to watch （better than endless scrolling） 。 I'd recommend going through it from front to back， really do watch all of them。 Mark them off with colour pencil， note what year you last watched it。 Come back every decade with the latest edition， watch them all again。 It loses one star for being slightly American/Englush centric， with over half coming from the USA。 。。。more
Kayla Vermaak
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1001 films。。。 and no Truman Show smh。 I received the newest 2020 edition for Christmas and I have had the absolute best time going through the book and marking off the films I have seen。 There are many films which I had never heard of and many which have now been added to my ever-growing to watch list！ There is a fantastic range of films from all eras as well as a huge variety of international and foreign language film- thought there are not many recent additions of the last twenty years or so b 1001 films。。。 and no Truman Show smh。 I received the newest 2020 edition for Christmas and I have had the absolute best time going through the book and marking off the films I have seen。 There are many films which I had never heard of and many which have now been added to my ever-growing to watch list！ There is a fantastic range of films from all eras as well as a huge variety of international and foreign language film- thought there are not many recent additions of the last twenty years or so but I was kind of expecting that。 I would highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in film and its also a great way to proactively spend time during Lockdown！ 。。。more
Michael J
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I started reading this reference book almost two decades ago while working for a library while I was completing my second degrees。 I love the 1001 series as it provides so many opportunities to become a more well-rounded， worldly and sophisticated individual by accessing the best books， films， and TV shows from around the world。 This particular book opened my eyes to foreign films and directors I would never have known about otherwise （and it does include a number of classic American films from I started reading this reference book almost two decades ago while working for a library while I was completing my second degrees。 I love the 1001 series as it provides so many opportunities to become a more well-rounded， worldly and sophisticated individual by accessing the best books， films， and TV shows from around the world。 This particular book opened my eyes to foreign films and directors I would never have known about otherwise （and it does include a number of classic American films from Hollywood big budget productions to small avant garde films）。 At the time of this writing， I have watched roughly 800 of the 1001 films in the book （I keep notations stating my reactions to the films in my old and worn out copy）， and it's not going to be easy completing the list as many of the films are hard to find and some， like Abel Gance's Napoleon， have only been shown in America a handful of times （and are only available on foreign Blu Rays which require a special player to play here in the states）。 Regardless， I cannot recommend the series enough， especially for anyone who wants to broaden their cultural horizons。 。。。more
Dimitris Papastergiou
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An ok guide for films to watch， which is mostly filled with what you'd expect to see if you're watching movies。 What I did like is that it takes you chronologically from 1920s till 2010s， so that was something。 Other than that and the fact that I did find a bunch of films from early 30s to late 60s that Ive never head of before （ and going to check them out ） the rest was pretty much what it is with some films that don't deserve to be over there simply because they made it to the box office。Oh w An ok guide for films to watch， which is mostly filled with what you'd expect to see if you're watching movies。 What I did like is that it takes you chronologically from 1920s till 2010s， so that was something。 Other than that and the fact that I did find a bunch of films from early 30s to late 60s that Ive never head of before （ and going to check them out ） the rest was pretty much what it is with some films that don't deserve to be over there simply because they made it to the box office。Oh well！ I'd stay away unless you really want that cool cover。 There's tons of lists all over the internet that are much better。 。。。more
Rebecca Roth
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Ändå rätt många klassiska filmer som inte är listade i boken， och väldigt många Ingmar Bergman-förslag？ Lite trist。
Mohammed Aymen ALI TALEB
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Of course， there are movies that we like and are not included in this book。 But this book has listed the most iconic movies from 1900s to 2000s。I checked the rating of the movies listed in the book in IMDB website， and they were all well rated。 Can't wait to see them all ！ Of course， there are movies that we like and are not included in this book。 But this book has listed the most iconic movies from 1900s to 2000s。I checked the rating of the movies listed in the book in IMDB website， and they were all well rated。 Can't wait to see them all ！ 。。。more
Stefan Savić
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1） A star is fucking born？？？ Guess which version I'm talking about？ Yes， it's the one where I'm hanging around with 98 other people。。。。in the same room。。。 during covid。 But it's just to prove that the movie is shite and nothing we haven't seen before （srsly！ it's like the fourth time we're seeing the same movie？） 2） Some movie credits are missing。 But no worries， contributors have bios :）3） With each update， older titles get replaced by newer。 Which means movies in older versions that didn't mak 1） A star is fucking born？？？ Guess which version I'm talking about？ Yes， it's the one where I'm hanging around with 98 other people。。。。in the same room。。。 during covid。 But it's just to prove that the movie is shite and nothing we haven't seen before （srsly！ it's like the fourth time we're seeing the same movie？） 2） Some movie credits are missing。 But no worries， contributors have bios :）3） With each update， older titles get replaced by newer。 Which means movies in older versions that didn't make the cut are no longer "movies you have to see before you die"？？？4） I just wanted to make this list longer， but never mind， it might get chopped later。。。 like the classics ;） 。。。more
Casey Browne
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My face was glued to this book from the minute I got it - a great book with some great films， I'd highly recommend it if you're a movie fan or if you are just curious！ You can also pick it up at any time you want to choose a movie， which is it's the biggest plus for the book！ My face was glued to this book from the minute I got it - a great book with some great films， I'd highly recommend it if you're a movie fan or if you are just curious！ You can also pick it up at any time you want to choose a movie， which is it's the biggest plus for the book！ 。。。more
Lei
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 3。5 StarsSchneider's magnificent plea in making one encyclopaedia-like book with the highly ambitious， yet always futile， aim of listing 1001 films people must see before they die。 This is， indisputably， a very subjective topic， but I will approach it from my opinion。Though the book is comprehensive， picks are rather obscure。 I am generally resentful about the cinematographic industry in letting the oldest films to be the most critically acclaimed。 That， to me， is biased。 This book does that as 3。5 StarsSchneider's magnificent plea in making one encyclopaedia-like book with the highly ambitious， yet always futile， aim of listing 1001 films people must see before they die。 This is， indisputably， a very subjective topic， but I will approach it from my opinion。Though the book is comprehensive， picks are rather obscure。 I am generally resentful about the cinematographic industry in letting the oldest films to be the most critically acclaimed。 That， to me， is biased。 This book does that as well， listing dozens of archaic films that I， as the lay reader with no film experience or a well-rounded and educated view， will never be interested in。 Yet， from an objective perspective， the picks are overall decent （except， say， The Greatest Showman）。 A good attempt making a book a pleasure to read， but ultimately not a scintillating or revolutionary book。 。。。more
Psam Ferdinand
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There is of course thousands more， other than those listed in this book， that's worth watching， but it's a good reference for what to watch next and also gives some insightful notes before you watch a particular movie。 Recommended。 - - - - Ferdinand。 There is of course thousands more， other than those listed in this book， that's worth watching， but it's a good reference for what to watch next and also gives some insightful notes before you watch a particular movie。 Recommended。 - - - - Ferdinand。 。。。more
Jesús Rosales
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Como recopilación de algunas de las mejores o más importantes películas de la historia está bastante bien。 Sus textos suelen ser interesantes y contienen anécdotas curiosas。 Su principal problema reside en estancarse en las 1001 películas para no perder su esencia e ir eliminando consecuentemente algunos clásicos para añadir peliculas actuales， sin perjuicio de la dudosa y desacertada selección contemporánea。
Mike
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A pretty good reference。 A good mix of obvious and classic films with some newer and more outside choices。 Everything is ordered chronologically and very easy to follow。 For most entries， Schneider goes beyond plot summary to offer some interesting critical insights into the film。 It's a highly subjective， as these lists always are （is it really necessary to include all three Toy Story films？） but a nice collection beautifully packaged and informational。 A pretty good reference。 A good mix of obvious and classic films with some newer and more outside choices。 Everything is ordered chronologically and very easy to follow。 For most entries， Schneider goes beyond plot summary to offer some interesting critical insights into the film。 It's a highly subjective， as these lists always are （is it really necessary to include all three Toy Story films？） but a nice collection beautifully packaged and informational。 。。。more
Diego Alejandro
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Hay películas que son imprescindibles， y los tiempos cambian drásticamente en cuánto a la percepción del cine。 A mí parecer quitaría casi 800 películas de la lista y añadiría o actualizaría la lista， porque a pesar de tener joyas del cine se queda obsoleto al ignorar inintencionadamente el cine en teoría reciente。
William Schram
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Cinema， like other artistic mediums， has a storied history。 1001 Movies to Watch Before You Die is another book in this series and it focuses on movies。 The edition I have found is from 2015 so it is slightly more recent。 The editors of this project acknowledge that producing a list that is meant to cover all great movies is daunting， to say the least， even if one has 1001 spaces to fill。 So a team of experts gathered together for this project and probably spent months determining what to leave Cinema， like other artistic mediums， has a storied history。 1001 Movies to Watch Before You Die is another book in this series and it focuses on movies。 The edition I have found is from 2015 so it is slightly more recent。 The editors of this project acknowledge that producing a list that is meant to cover all great movies is daunting， to say the least， even if one has 1001 spaces to fill。 So a team of experts gathered together for this project and probably spent months determining what to leave out and what to leave in。 Certainly， there are several movies that a list wouldn’t be the same without， but these are the ones that so many others have listed。There are many that I would have included in such a list。 Citizen Kane comes to mind but why？ I have watched that movie before， but I don’t have the overall knowledge of movies to make that decision。 That is where this book comes in。 It gives a small synopsis of the movie， includes little bits of trivia， and discusses the people who went into its production。 Take a movie that would receive a lot of raised eyebrows with the recent protests in the United States; Birth of a Nation。 I have never watched this movie， but according to the essay paired with its listing in the book， I can see why they include it。 The director introduced so many new techniques that make you disappointed that it had to be from such a movie。 It even has historical context since it was the first movie played at the White House for President Woodrow Wilson。The book also includes other little tidbits that you might have heard of before。 It’s a Wonderful Life is a holiday classic， but it wasn’t always like that。 The movie received lackluster reviews and was largely forgotten until the copyright expired and television stations showed it every year during the Christmas holidays。 Take The Ten Commandments as another example; the uncredited voice of God from the Burning Bush is done by Charlton Heston。 Don’t be fooled into thinking that the book only covers American Movies， however。 The book goes all over the world， finding respectable entries from all sorts of genres and countries。Some movies were left out， but this makes sense。 You can always make your list of movies， and this particular list just happens to be done by experts in the field。 I could even list the ones I have watched for some fun trivia。 For example， did you know that I have only watched the first Toy Story movie？ Shocking， I know， but I never got around to the sequels。The movies in the book are organized chronologically。 There is one major complaint I have with the design of the book。 On the edge of the page， it tells you what year the movie came out and has a color-coding for the decade。 The color coding is at the same level making it a bit confusing。 If it were me， I think I would have had it in steps， where the first decade is at the top and the next decade is slightly lower and so on through the decades。 This would make it so that you can easily get to a decade you want to find。So in short， if you love movies this is a good book to read; if you don’t enjoy movies I don’t know why you chose this book。 It is an unbeatable combination of informative and enjoyable。 。。。more
Liquidlasagna
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The book is fairly good into the 1980s， and then it totally falls apart。Personally i would have preferred way more 1960s film， but it's one of the few books/lists anywhere to like the Czech Film 'The Ear'。 Basically it got banned after it was completed in 1970， and came out in the 90s， but to deal with the subject matter of government wiretapping and state surveillance is as others have said 'it's amazing they got that far with it'。 It would be like the Czech version of 'The Conversation'。90% of The book is fairly good into the 1980s， and then it totally falls apart。Personally i would have preferred way more 1960s film， but it's one of the few books/lists anywhere to like the Czech Film 'The Ear'。 Basically it got banned after it was completed in 1970， and came out in the 90s， but to deal with the subject matter of government wiretapping and state surveillance is as others have said 'it's amazing they got that far with it'。 It would be like the Czech version of 'The Conversation'。90% of the film picks are pretty fine， till somewhere in the 80s to the early 2000s where they just pad it with every trendy success and radically artsy film。 Criterion Film can be trusted on making wise choices for recent cinema， Harold Bloom of Yale could be counted on picking 70s and 80s classics of Western Literature in the 1990s， but Schneider and his near half dozen henchmen， are just throwing in their pet fets， and nothing less。If you think Passion of the Christ is as good as Blade Runner or La Notte， you got to be kidding。 I almost wondered if the idea of the book was to add films appealing enough to the Gen X'ers and New-New World Cinema types， for 15% of the book， and then stitch on a fairly orthodox list of 874 classics of cinema。it's like a novel where it's a nine out of ten， and the last 50 pages get a three out of ten。Hearing that the new editions are pushing out the older films， basically makes me say， get the first edition and give the others the middle finger。 。。。more
Will R
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I finished it。 I would not recommend a cover-to-cover read; this book， ironically， became like a movie that had overstayed its welcome。 It would be a great book for film buffs to turn into every few days and find a new movie for the evening。 I'll stick to rewatching Peep Show。 I finished it。 I would not recommend a cover-to-cover read; this book， ironically， became like a movie that had overstayed its welcome。 It would be a great book for film buffs to turn into every few days and find a new movie for the evening。 I'll stick to rewatching Peep Show。 。。。more
Brittany Smillie
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I have been checking movies off from this list for the past few years。 I can't believe how across the board the films are， some directors they over saturate （Bergman） but for someone wanting to get a proper film education this book is key。 I have been checking movies off from this list for the past few years。 I can't believe how across the board the films are， some directors they over saturate （Bergman） but for someone wanting to get a proper film education this book is key。 。。。more
Kieran McAndrew
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Some excellent pen portraits of 1001 of the defining films of all time。 Whilst there can be no argument about the inclusion of most of these films （even if you haven't seen them， you'll recognise them as masterworks）， some will make you scratch your head and some will have you reaching for the DVD for some much needed reevaluation。 Some excellent pen portraits of 1001 of the defining films of all time。 Whilst there can be no argument about the inclusion of most of these films （even if you haven't seen them， you'll recognise them as masterworks）， some will make you scratch your head and some will have you reaching for the DVD for some much needed reevaluation。 。。。more
Sladjana Kovacevic
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